X (Twitter) Scraper: Tweets, Profiles & Data, No API Key

Scrape public X (Twitter) data without an API key or login. This X scraper (Twitter scraper) pulls tweets, profiles, and posts by handle, tweet ID, or URL, and returns every field X exposes: full text, likes, retweets, replies, quotes, bookmarks, views, media, hashtags, mentions, links, and complete author data. Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Here is one real result, showing every field a tweet record returns:

{
  "id": "2085865635586912359",
  "url": "https://x.com/OpenAI/status/2085865635586912359",
  "text": "https://t.co/zBh8ck0Gbc",
  "author": {
    "id": "4398626122",
    "handle": "OpenAI",
    "name": "OpenAI",
    "verified": true,
    "followers": 5196598,
    "profileImageUrl": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1885410181409820672/ztsaR0JW_normal.jpg"
  },
  "createdAt": "Fri Aug 07 23:08:15 +0000 2026",
  "createdAtISO": "2026-08-07T23:08:15.000Z",
  "conversationId": "2085801349866729975",
  "likeCount": 390,
  "retweetCount": 4,
  "replyCount": 39,
  "quoteCount": 5,
  "bookmarkCount": 20,
  "viewCount": 217398,
  "lang": "zxx",
  "source": "Twitter Web App",
  "isReply": true,
  "inReplyToTweetId": "2085801349866729975",
  "inReplyToUserId": "4398626122",
  "inReplyToHandle": "OpenAI",
  "isRetweet": false,
  "isQuote": true,
  "isQuoteStatus": true,
  "quotedTweetId": "2085862292311396515",
  "retweetedTweetId": null,
  "possiblySensitive": false,
  "place": null,
  "noteTweet": null,
  "media": [],
  "entities": {
    "hashtags": [],
    "mentions": [],
    "urls": ["https://x.com/sama/status/2085862292311396515"]
  },
  "quotedTweet": {
    "id": "2085862292311396515",
    "url": "https://x.com/sama/status/2085862292311396515",
    "text": "astra is a powerful model and we are working to make it generally available. ...",
    "createdAtISO": "2026-08-07T22:54:58.000Z",
    "likeCount": 28472,
    "retweetCount": 1250,
    "replyCount": 1802,
    "viewCount": 2990915,
    "author": { "id": "1605", "handle": "sama", "name": "Sam Altman", "verified": true }
  },
  "retweetedTweet": null,
  "observedAt": "2026-09-04T08:27:12.267Z"
}

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Table of contents

• What it does
• Use cases
• Quickstart
• How it compares
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

This Twitter data scraper reads public X (Twitter) content and writes one normalized record per tweet or profile to the run's dataset. No API key, no developer account, and no login are required. Pick a mode:

• userTweets (default): pull a public account's recent posts (a Twitter timeline scraper). One record per tweet.
• userProfile: pull profile details (bio, followers, following, counts, verification, location, join date). One record per handle.
• tweet: fetch specific tweets by numeric ID or full status URL.

Handles can be provided as @name, name, or a profile URL, and startUrls accepts profile or status URLs directly. Duplicates are removed. Missing source values are returned as null. Longform note-tweets are returned with their full untruncated text. Optional filters (date range, language, media type, verified authors, minimum engagement) narrow the tweets you collect.

Keyword search is shown in the input but is not available for logged-out reads: X requires a logged-in account for keyword search, so that mode returns a clear error instead of fake or empty data. See the FAQ.

Use cases

• Social media monitoring and brand tracking: watch what an account posts and how it performs.
• Competitor and influencer analysis: pull tweet engagement (likes, retweets, replies, quotes, bookmarks, views) at scale.
• Lead and audience research: collect profile bios, follower counts, websites, and locations.
• Dataset building for AI/ML and sentiment analysis: export clean tweet text, language, and entities.
• News and event tracking: follow official accounts and capture posts with media and links.
• Archiving: keep a structured record of an account's posts as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns up to 10 recent tweets from the given accounts.

{
  "mode": "userTweets",
  "handles": ["nasa", "OpenAI"],
  "tweetsLimit": 10,
  "maxItems": 10
}

Switch mode to userProfile for profile records, or to tweet and pass tweetIds (IDs or URLs) to fetch specific tweets. Set includeReplies to true to include the account's replies. Add filters such as minimumFavorites, onlyVideo, or start/end to narrow the results.

How it compares

For the modes X allows without a login (by handle and by tweet ID/URL), this actor returns a strict superset of the fields other tweet scrapers return, and accepts the same input names as the popular tools so you can migrate an existing input with minimal changes.

Capability	This actor	apidojo/tweet-scraper	kaitoeasyapi (cheapest)	Older quacker/microworlds
No API key / no login	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tweets by handle (timeline)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial
Profile details by handle	Yes	Partial	Partial	Partial
Tweet by ID / URL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial
startUrls (profile + status)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial
Filters (date, lang, media, min engagement, verified)	Yes	Yes	Partial	No
Full engagement (likes, RT, replies, quotes, bookmarks, views)	Yes	Yes	Partial	Partial
Media variants + duration + alt text	Yes	Partial	Partial	No
Quoted / retweeted tweet, enriched	Yes	Partial	Partial	No
Longform note-tweet full text	Yes	Partial	Partial	No
Author object (id, name, verified, followers, avatar)	Yes	Partial	Partial	Partial
ISO 8601 timestamps	Yes	No	No	No
Keyword search discovery	No (login-gated by X)	Yes	Yes	Varies
Pay per result	Yes	Yes	Yes	Varies

Note on honesty: keyword search discovery (finding tweets by query across all of X) requires a logged-in account, which some tools run behind the scenes. This actor is strictly logged-out and HTTP-only, so it does not offer keyword discovery. Everything else here matches or exceeds the alternatives, and the optional filters let you narrow collected tweets by the same criteria (date, language, media, engagement).

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
mode	enum	no	userTweets	userTweets, userProfile, tweet, or search (search returns a login-required error).
handles	string[]	for user modes	["nasa","OpenAI"]	Public X handles. Accepts @name, name, or a profile URL.
twitterHandles	string[]	no	(empty)	Alias of handles, merged with it.
startUrls	string[]	no	(empty)	Profile or status URLs. In user modes they add the account handle; in tweet mode they add the tweet ID.
tweetsLimit	integer	no	100	For userTweets: max tweets per handle (paginated). Range 1 to 3200.
includeReplies	boolean	no	false	For userTweets: also include the account's replies.
tweetIds	string[]	for tweet mode	(sample)	Numeric tweet IDs (for example 20) or full status URLs.
maxItems / maxPosts	integer	no	(unbounded)	Caps the total records across the whole run.
tweetLanguage	string	no	(any)	Keep only tweets whose language code matches (for example en).
onlyVerifiedUsers	boolean	no	false	Keep only tweets by verified authors.
onlyImage / onlyVideo / onlyQuote	boolean	no	false	Keep only tweets with an image, with video/GIF, or that quote another tweet.
minimumRetweets / minimumFavorites / minimumReplies	integer	no	(none)	Keep only tweets above these engagement thresholds.
start / end	string	no	(none)	Keep only tweets in this ISO 8601 date range.
author	string	no	(none)	Keep only tweets whose author handle matches.
mentioning	string	no	(none)	Keep only tweets mentioning this handle.
lang	string	no	en	Two-letter UI language hint sent to X for localized fields.

Filters apply to the tweets collected in userTweets and tweet modes. Because X login-gates keyword search, filters narrow (not discover) results.

Output reference

Tweet records (userTweets and tweet modes). Types: string, number, boolean, object, object[], or null when the source value is absent.

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Tweet ID (unique per tweet).
url	string	Canonical tweet URL on x.com.
text	string	Tweet text (full untruncated text for longform note-tweets).
author	object	id, handle, name, verified, followers, profileImageUrl.
createdAt	string	Tweet creation timestamp as returned by X.
createdAtISO	string	Same timestamp normalized to ISO 8601.
conversationId	string	ID of the conversation (thread root).
likeCount	number	Number of likes.
retweetCount	number	Number of retweets.
replyCount	number	Number of replies.
quoteCount	number	Number of quote tweets.
bookmarkCount	number	Number of bookmarks, or null.
viewCount	number	Number of views, or null when X does not expose it.
lang	string	Language code X assigned to the tweet.
source	string	Posting client label, for example Twitter Web App.
isReply	boolean	Whether the tweet is a reply.
inReplyToTweetId	string	ID of the tweet being replied to, or null.
inReplyToUserId	string	User ID being replied to, or null.
inReplyToHandle	string	Handle being replied to, or null.
isRetweet	boolean	Whether the tweet is a retweet.
isQuote	boolean	Whether the tweet quotes another tweet.
isQuoteStatus	boolean	X's own quote-status flag.
quotedTweetId	string	ID of the quoted tweet, or null.
retweetedTweetId	string	ID of the retweeted tweet, or null.
possiblySensitive	boolean	X sensitivity flag, or null.
place	object	Geotag: name, fullName, country, countryCode, coordinates; null when absent.
noteTweet	string	Full longform note-tweet text when present, else null.
media	object[]	Each item: type, url, previewUrl, videoUrl, durationMillis, variants[], width, height, altText, expandedUrl.
entities	object	Parsed hashtags, mentions, urls; null when the tweet has none.
quotedTweet	object	Quoted tweet with id, url, text, createdAtISO, counts, and author, or null.
retweetedTweet	object	Retweeted tweet with the same shape, or null.
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.

In userProfile mode each record instead holds profile fields: handle, name, bio, website, followers, following, tweetsCount, mediaCount, listedCount, verified, protected, location, joinedAt, pinnedTweetId, avatar, banner, url, id, observedAt. On any failure, a single item with a populated error field is written instead (and is not charged).

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~x-twitter-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"mode":"userTweets","handles":["nasa"],"tweetsLimit":25}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~x-twitter-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"mode":"tweet","startUrls":["https://x.com/BarackObama/status/266031293945503744"]}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/x-twitter-scraper \
  --input '{"mode":"userProfile","handles":["OpenAI"]}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per tweet or profile record returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• No charge on failure. Handles or tweets that cannot be read (not found, suspended, protected, rate-limited) are written with a populated error field and are not charged.
• Filtered-out tweets are not charged. Only records that pass your filters and are delivered are billed.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 records per run. Upgrade for more.

FAQ and troubleshooting

Why can't I search by keyword? X disabled logged-out (guest) keyword search, so the search mode returns a clear error rather than fake results. Use userTweets to pull a specific account's posts, then narrow with the filter inputs (date, language, media, engagement). This actor is HTTP-only and never uses a logged-in account.

How many tweets can I get per account? Up to tweetsLimit (max 3200), paginated through the account timeline. maxItems / maxPosts caps the whole run across all handles.

Can I filter by date, language, or engagement? Yes. Use start/end (ISO dates), tweetLanguage, minimumRetweets, minimumFavorites, minimumReplies, onlyImage, onlyVideo, onlyQuote, and onlyVerifiedUsers. Filters apply to the tweets collected from the timeline.

Why did a handle or tweet return an error? The account or tweet is protected, suspended, deleted, or X rate-limited the request at that moment. Error records are not charged. Re-run rate-limited inputs.

How do I get replies too? Set includeReplies to true in userTweets mode. If X's replies timeline is temporarily unavailable, the actor falls back to the default timeline so you still get the account's posts.

Is this an official X tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with X (formerly Twitter). It reads only data that is publicly available to logged-out users.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with X (formerly Twitter). Accesses only publicly available data. Keyword search is login-gated by X and is not supported.